Mortgage Arrears for the first half of 2010 We expected a 10% increase in mortgage arrears for the first half of this year, moving the total from 32,321 households to 35,531, how... Continue reading
What is happening with Irish Bonds? With our bonds auctions making news (in the past bond auctions were dreadfully boring affairs) and the recent S&P downgrade on the ... Continue reading
Rent or Buy Report: 2010 Towards a modest conclusion, by Peter Stafford, Frank Quinn and Karl Deeter The 'Rent or Buy?' report was featured on RTE1 'Drive Time with Mary Wilson' yesterday, it was prepared by Dr. Peter Stafford (Independ... Continue reading
A Conversation with Tony Boeckh, author of ‘The Great Reflation’ I waited a long time for a conversation with Tony Boeckh, his newsletters are a must read for anybody looking to keep a finger on the p... Continue reading
How Negative Equity can cause arrears. A recent report by Moody's pointed out that increased negative equity will cause a rise in arrears. The commentary surrounding this (in... Continue reading
Regulation failure: Independent brokers unable to be ‘independent’ We were thinking of changing the way that brokers operate, by saying to our clients 'our service comes at a price, we'll advise you on ... Continue reading
Newstalk Business Breakfast with Conor Brophy, 6th July 2010 Today we were delighted to do the first of what will hopefully be a regular slot on the Business section of the Breakfast Show on Newst... Continue reading
Sunday Times ‘Money’ Section mentions Irish Mortgage Brokers We were very pleased to see that we were mentioned in the Sunday Times 'Money' section this week in an article by Niall Brady in which ... Continue reading
If you didn’t like 100% mortgages you’ll loathe negative equity mortgages I was interested in the front page of today's Independent in which Charlie Weston broke a really big story about Irish banks being in a... Continue reading